Any multi-supply pinned microcontroller can be improved simply by altering the pin allocation Mart Coenen and Dick de Greef Phillips Applied Technologies Eindhoven, the Netherlands On-chip ir drop, ground bounce, and supply bounce are key parameters that may have a serious impact on both the functional reliability and the EMC of integrated circuits (IC). This paper presents a … [Read more...]
Silicone Filter Seals Adapt to a Wide Variety of Applications
EESeals™ from Quell, Inc. provide EMI and transient protection in a wide variety of applications. Formed from a unique silicone rubber and slightly oversized, they adapt themselves to the space where they are installed. This conformal quality maintains electrical contact for any devices within the shield. Specifically, MOVs, resistors, and other components can be added to the … [Read more...]
Capacitor Termination Can Enhance Reliability
Using a polymer termination for multilayer capacitors forestalls damage during PCB assembly Matthew Ellis For safety critical applications such as aerospace and military, failure caused by a short circuited capacitor could be disastrous. One of the most reliable components for surface mount communications is the multilayer ceramic capacitor, in which a block of ceramic … [Read more...]
EM Simulation Software Firm Announces Winners of Its 2008 Publication Awards
Computer Simulation AG, a Darmstadt, Germany, maker of software for the simulation of EM fields in all frequency bands, has announced the winners of its 2008 CST Publication Awards. Prerequisites for participation in this competition are that papers must be authored or co-authored by academic researchers, must be published in either scientific journals or conference … [Read more...]
The Importance and Methods of Full Wave Simulation Validation
Regardless of the accuracy of the modeling tool, each modeling exercise requires some level of validation before simulation results can be trusted. Bruce Archambeault, Ph.D. and Samuel Connor IBM Research Triangle Park, NC The need to validate simulations and model results has never been more vital. Full-wave and quasi-static simulation tools using many different modeling … [Read more...]
RF Microwave Manufacturer Awarded $1.4 Million Order for High Power Amplifiers for Jamming
In another story touching on the art of jamming, or purposeful interference, RF microwave manufacturer Comtech Telecommunications Corporation has announced that its Melville, NY-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corporation, has received a $1.4 million order from a domestic prime contractor to supply broadband, solid-state, high power radio signal jamming. These amplifiers, which … [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin and ITT Corp. Team to Compete in U.S. Navy Electronic Warfare Competition
In yet another story on denial of use of the electronic spectrum, defense contractor Lockheed Martin has announced that it has teamed with international security firm ITT Corporation, to compete for the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronics Warfare Improvement Program Block 2 Upgrade (SEWIP BLK 2). This program will lay the groundwork for the upcoming competition for the Navy’s … [Read more...]
Wine, EM, and Oenophiles
The latest edition of New Scientist reports that help for budget–constrained wine lovers may be on the way. Work carried out by chemist Xin An Zeng at the South China University of Technology in Guangzhou holds promise for oenophiles around the globe. By passing a three-month old cabernet sauvignon through two titanium diodes and exposing the “vintage” to one, three, or eight … [Read more...]
Texas Officials Hope to Resolve Prison Phone Jamming Controversy
As this issue of the eNews was being prepared, Texas politicians and prison authorities were trying to sort out the dilemma of jamming illegal phone calls by incarcerated felons without running afoul of the 1934 federal law that bans interference with radio signals. Earlier this year, officials in South Carolina had conducted a successful test of a jamming device that … [Read more...]
Test Software Complies with a Wide Range of Standards
From on-site measurements to EUT control and monitoring, Nexio software covers a wide range of applications and offers more than 300 measuring device drivers. Designed, developed, and supported by specialists, Nexio’s BAT-EMC test automation software is the all-in-one solution for both emissions and immunity tests and is now widely used in the civil, automotive, military, and … [Read more...]
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